# The Acres progress: three dates, three evidence paths

> The Acres progress figures compared by source and inspection date, with Meraas's internal read beside the independently resolved DLD project record.

Source: https://withlida.com/insights/the-acres-progress-inspection-dates-2026

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The Acres page shows 19.18% from Meraas's internal inspection on 11 June 2026 and 14.75% attributed to RERA from 14 May 2026. DLD Project Status independently returns the exact project record, number 3019, at 14.75% on 14 May and 25.15% on 20 August, so each percentage must stay attached to its own date and evidence path.
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- The latest percentage in the saved authority record is 25.15%, tied to DLD project number 3019 and an inspection dated 20 August 2026.
- Meraas's 19.18% is explicitly labelled as its internal inspection, dated 11 June 2026.
- The 14.75% RERA figure on Meraas's page is dated 14 May 2026 and is a developer-page transcription until checked against DLD.
- DLD independently returns 14.75% on 14 May 2026 for the exact `The Acres` record, which resolves the shared statement at project level.
- The figures should not be averaged or renamed as one current completion rate.
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## The four displayed figures are not one series

The useful reading is source first, date second, percentage third. Meraas's [The Acres project page](https://meraas.com/en/project/the-acres-villas) exposes two decimal figures in one sentence, while the [DLD Project Status Enquiry](https://dubailand.gov.ae/en/eservices/real-estate-project-status-landing/real-estate-project-status) returns a project record and its inspection history. Both pages were accessed on 2 October 2026.

| Displayed measure | Percentage | Inspection date | Record owner and level | What the saved source establishes |
| --- | ---: | --- | --- | --- |
| Meraas internal inspection | 19.18% | 11 June 2026 | Meraas page, internal project inspection | Meraas states that its internal inspection put the project's progress at this value |
| RERA figure transcribed by Meraas | 14.75% | 14 May 2026 | Meraas page, statement attributed to RERA | The developer page reports this regulator-labelled date and value |
| DLD inspection on project 3019 | 14.75% | 14 May 2026 | DLD Project Status, project-level authority response | The authority response independently returns the same date and value for `The Acres` |
| Latest DLD inspection in the response | 25.15% | 20 August 2026 | DLD Project Status, project-level authority response | The authority response's newest inspection row and completionRatio both return this value |

The internal and RERA-labelled figures on the Meraas page are 4.43 percentage points apart, but their inspections were also 28 calendar days apart. That arithmetic describes the displayed gap. It does not identify why the measurements differ, because neither saved page exposes a method detailed enough to support that conclusion.

The 25.15% DLD row is later again. It sits 70 days after Meraas's internal inspection and 98 days after the shared 14 May inspection. A later date supplies a later authority snapshot. It does not turn the earlier figures into errors.

## The DLD identity match uses an exact name and a duplicate date-value pair

DLD returned three results for `The Acres` on 2 October 2026. They are separate project records, not interchangeable phases.

| DLD project number | Exact English name returned | CompletionRatio returned | Record treatment |
| --- | --- | ---: | --- |
| 3126 | The Acres 3 & Estates | 5.13% | Separate record, not merged |
| 3019 | The Acres | 25.15% | Exact record used |
| 3586 | The Acres 2 & Estates 2 | 3.66% | Separate record, not merged |

Project number 3019 is the only exact English-name match for `The Acres`. Its inspection history also contains 14 May 2026 at 14.75%, the same date-value pair transcribed on the Meraas page. Those two exact matches resolve the authority column without borrowing data from the similarly named records.

The labels still differ by source. Meraas presents the consumer-facing project page. DLD record 3019 names `Dhre 2 Bts L.L.C` as developer number 1510. Both labels stay explicit here, without inferring a corporate relationship from the shared project name. The DLD result establishes the registered record fields; the Meraas page establishes what Meraas displays.

## Source lineage keeps each claim on its own path

There are three evidence paths, even though two appear on the same developer page. The first ends at Meraas's internal inspection. The second is Meraas's transcription of a RERA statement. The third is the DLD response captured directly from Project Status.

::figure{src="images/blog/the-acres-progress-inspection-dates-2026/inline-1.png" alt="Three evidence paths for The Acres progress figures" caption="The same project page carries two source labels; DLD project 3019 supplies the independent authority path."}

The distinction matters because a host page and an issuer are not the same thing. The phrase `Real Estate Regulatory Agency reports` identifies the claimed issuer on Meraas's page, but the page remains a Meraas-hosted transcription. The saved DLD response is a separate authority capture.

That independent response does not make Meraas's internal value part of the DLD series. It confirms one shared RERA-labelled observation, 14.75% on 14 May 2026, and then carries its own later observation of 25.15% on 20 August 2026.

## The DLD chronology contains eight project-level inspections

DLD project 3019 returned eight inspection rows, from 27 March 2024 through 20 August 2026. The table below is ordered by inspection date, not by the order in which a page happens to display them.

| DLD inspection date | Percentage returned | Evidence path |
| --- | ---: | --- |
| 27 March 2024 | 0.00% | DLD project 3019 inspection row |
| 25 November 2024 | 0.20% | DLD project 3019 inspection row |
| 7 April 2025 | 0.25% | DLD project 3019 inspection row |
| 3 October 2025 | 0.34% | DLD project 3019 inspection row |
| 11 November 2025 | 1.65% | DLD project 3019 inspection row |
| 23 February 2026 | 9.07% | DLD project 3019 inspection row |
| 14 May 2026 | 14.75% | DLD project 3019 inspection row |
| 20 August 2026 | 25.15% | DLD project 3019 inspection row |

::figure{src="images/blog/the-acres-progress-inspection-dates-2026/inline-2.png" alt="Chronology of eight DLD inspections for The Acres project 3019" caption="Each DLD percentage remains attached to its own inspection date and project number."}

This is a project-level chronology. It does not describe the status of a particular villa, buyer contract, payment instalment or building element. DLD's `completionRatio` field also returned 25.15% for record 3019 on the access date. The field name remains intact rather than becoming a building-by-building claim.

For the wider method behind that restraint, see the [Dubai launch and area evidence verification guide](/projects/dubai-launch-price-area-evidence-verification). The dated [DLD project-status snapshot comparison](/projects/dld-project-status-snapshots-27-september-1-october-2026) shows why saved response dates also matter when a registry field is checked more than once.

## The records prove a dated snapshot, not a future outcome

The sources answer a narrow set of questions well. They identify who displayed a figure, the inspection date attached to it, the project record that returned it and the percentage captured on 2 October 2026.

They do not answer every project question:

- They do not expose a common methodology for Meraas's internal inspection and the DLD inspection series.
- They do not show that 19.18% and 14.75% measured the same work population on different rules.
- They do not make a later inspection inherently more authoritative for every purpose. It is simply later and independently returned by DLD.
- They do not set a handover date or describe a particular unit's contractual milestone.
- They do not support averaging the percentages. An average would combine different dates and source owners into a number that neither source published.

The clean conclusion is therefore limited: as accessed on 2 October 2026, Meraas displayed an internal 19.18% at 11 June and a RERA-labelled 14.75% at 14 May; DLD project 3019 independently matched the 14 May observation and carried a later 25.15% inspection dated 20 August.

## Repeat the check by project number, not by brand memory

The strongest repeatable check starts with the exact DLD record. Project Status Enquiry, also called Mashrooi in Dubai REST, is DLD's project-level lookup.

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:::step{title="Search the exact project name"}
Enter `The Acres` and preserve every returned result. On 2 October 2026, the service returned three names, so the shared Acres wording was not enough by itself.
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:::step{title="Open project 3019"}
Match the exact English name `The Acres`. Confirm that the authority response still carries project number 3019 before reading any percentage.
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:::step{title="Read the inspection row"}
Keep the percentage with its inspection date. A current page-access date and an inspection date are different fields and should both be retained.
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:::step{title="Save the response"}
Record the access date and the returned fields. A later check may return a newer row, which should be added as a new dated observation rather than silently replacing the earlier evidence.
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::::faq
:::faq-item{q="Why are The Acres' Meraas and RERA progress figures different?"}
They come from different inspection owners and different dates: 19.18% from Meraas's internal inspection on 11 June 2026, and 14.75% attributed to RERA on 14 May 2026. The saved sources do not expose enough shared methodology to assign the gap to a specific cause.
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:::faq-item{q="Which The Acres progress figure is newest in these records?"}
DLD project number 3019 returns 25.15% for an inspection dated 20 August 2026. That was the newest row in the authority response accessed on 2 October 2026.
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:::faq-item{q="Does 25.15% apply to every project with The Acres in its name?"}
No. DLD returned separate records for `The Acres`, `The Acres 3 & Estates` and `The Acres 2 & Estates 2`. The 25.15% value belongs to project number 3019, `The Acres`.
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:::faq-item{q="Does a project progress percentage set the handover date?"}
No. The percentage is a dated project-level progress field. It does not by itself establish a future handover date or a buyer's contractual milestone.
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:::callout{variant="info" title="Before you act"}
This guide is general information, not financial, legal, or investment advice. Project records, progress fields and contract terms can change; verify the current position with the Dubai Land Department, RERA, or a licensed professional before you commit.
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